What's up doc? Meet the tubby bunny that guzzles BANANAS

Carrots are a more usual treat for a rabbit, but this oversized bunny clearly prefers bananas.

A YouTube video captures the enormous white rabbit cradled in its owner's arms while greedily munching an equally large banana.

At times a nibbling and smacking sound can be heard - along with the cameraman's muffled laughter - as the New Zealand White guzzles away happily.

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Bunny hug: The giant white rabbit lies back in its owner's arms in the YouTube video while munching a banana

Going bananas: Smacking and munching sounds can be heard on the video as the New Zealand White rabbit tucks in

The woman cradling the rabbit speaks to the cameraman in Slovenian and holds the peeled banana for her pet. After about a minute's chomping, the giant rabbit squirms out of her arms and on to the floor.

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University of Miami veterinarian Dr Dana
Krempels said that rabbits naturally like bananas, as they do most fruit and vegetables, but they are considered treats which should be given in small quantities.

Rabbit food: But vets say that bananas and other fruit should be an occasional treat for bunnies and be given in small quantities

'Just about any fruit you would like is okay for your
bunny,' Dr Krempels writes in an article titled What Should I Feed My Bunny?

However the main part of its diet should be grass hay and fresh leafy greens.

Some argue that the position in which the the rabbit is being held, lying flat
on its back, promotes a relaxed state.

One English expert, referred to as a Bunny Whisperer with
the Times Online, claims that holding the animals this way can tame the wildest of
rabbits.

Cliff Penrose of St Austell in Cornwall tells the Times Online: 'You must put your right hand under their body and left hand
on the rear and then bring the rabbit up to your chest.

'When you lay them down,
the rabbit will then be completely relaxed, but you must make sure you bow to
the rabbit.'

Other veterinarians argue the position is stressful for
rabbits, making them feel vulnerable with their underbelly exposed.

But the New Zealand White munching happily away on its banana, legs in the air, is obviously completely relaxed, and much admired by YouTube viewers.